PFAS

ECHA wraps up restriction planning for forever chemicals / Draft opinion expected by mid-2026

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY

TecPart president calls for ‘freedom to act' at annual conference / Executive board confirmed in office

RECYCLING UK

Recoup urges stricter checks on recycled content claims / Weak oversight damaging industry competitiveness

EU PLASTICS TAX

Proposal to raise plastics own resource draws sharp criticism / Calls for dedicated circularity fund

POLAND

DRS to launch 1 October despite protests / Council of entrepreneurs warns of high costs, limited effectiveness / Public backlash threatens to derail reform

AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING

Draft EU circularity rules provisionally approved / New vehicle types to include minimum 20% recycled plastics / Waste industry lobby urges stronger action

TRADE WAR

US imposes full tariffs on imports of PET, rPET / Asian exporters to feel the pinch

PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE

Competitiveness crisis: Associations call for swift action to bridge EU policy gap / “De-industrialisation is rapidly becoming a reality”

PLASTICS TAX UK

PPT revenue falls 3% in 2024 / Volume of packaging with recycled content rises for third consecutive year

TRADE WAR

EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Global chemical coalition launches innovation platform / Start-ups, academia collaborate with industry leaders to catalyse sustainability

SPAIN

Bottle deposit system to become mandatory end of 2026 / Recycling targets missed

PFAS

ECHA presents long-awaited restriction proposal update / Two-year review of scientific comment concluded / Commission to make final decision

TURKEY

Business profitability falls to lowest level in five years / Exports edge up despite dip in European sales / General economic uncertainty plagues operations

COMPOSITES

EuCIA sees ‘untapped potential' of thermoset composite waste / Reclaim rate estimated at 5%

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Crucial talks end with no deal / ‘Bad actors' blamed for failure to agree on limit of plastics production / Industry bodies call for continued dialogue

UN PLASTICS TREATY

Talks extended into 10th day / Environment groups condemn original draft text / Proposals ‘ensure nothing will change' and are ‘completely unacceptable'

PLASTICS WASTE

Malaysia bans import of plastics waste from US / Environmentalists warn US plastics waste could flood Mexico, India, Turkey

GERMAN PACKAGING AWARDS

From new monomaterial solutions to 100% recycled content / Innovative plastic solutions win nearly third of awards

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

EU Commission opens consultation on Circular Economy Act